Trinity (disambiguation) - Definition and Overview

In its general sense, trinity can refer to any collection of three things. More specifically, it refers to:

Religion

• The Christian religious, spiritual, or philosophical Trinity
• The Hindu trinity (Trimurti)

Places

• World's first atomic bomb test on the Alamogordo Bombing and Gunnery Range, about 230 miles (370 km) south of the Manhattan Project's main laboratory at Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA (July 16, 1945). Today this 3,200 square mile (8,300 km²) range, partly located in the desolate Jornada del Muerto Valley, is named the White Sands Missile Range. See Trinity site. [1] (http://nuketesting.enviroweb.org/)
• An electoral ward, Sutton Trinity, in Birmingham, England
• A place in the State of Alabama in the United States of America: see Trinity, Alabama, USA
• A place in the State of North Carolina in the United States of America: see Trinity, North Carolina, USA
• A county in the State of California in the United States of America: see Trinity County, California, USA
• Trinity (electoral district)- federal electoral district in Canada (1933-1987)

Also, a number of institutions of further education are named Trinity College or Trinity University, or similar variations:

• Trinity College, Cambridge, England
• Trinity College, Oxford, England
• Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland
• Trinity College (Carmarthen)
• Trinity College (Connecticut), USA
• Trinity College (University of Melbourne), Australia
• Trinity College (Florida), USA
• Trinity College (Vermont), USA
• Trinity College and Seminary, Newburgh, Indiana, USA
• The University of Trinity College, Toronto, Canada
• Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario, Canada

• Trinity College, Glenalmond
• Trinity International University in Deerfield, Illinois, USA
• Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas, USA
• Trinity University in Northeast Washington, DC, USA (formerly Trinity College)
• Trinity College and University (Malaga, Spain) is widely considered to be a diploma mill
• Trinity Christian College in the U.S. state of Illinois

Other things

• An interactive fiction game by Infocom (1986), generally considered to be one of Infocom's best. It takes its title from the nuclear test (see above).
• A novel by Leon Uris based on a fictional Irish family, the "Larkins". See Trinity (novel).
• A river in the U.S. state of Texas, flowing through the city of Dallas and into the Gulf of Mexico: see Trinity River (Texas)

Fictional uses

• The central female character in the Matrix series. See Trinity (Matrix character).
• A fictitious small town in the State of South Carolina, USA, the setting for television series American Gothic.

See also

• List of famous trinities, trios, triplets, or threesomes
• Triumvirate